2024 - a year of scaling the potential of social entrepreneurs and increasing collective impact ??
Reach for Change
Unleashing the power of local social entrepreneurs for children and youth
Today we’re proud to celebrate with you the incredible progress we’ve achieved together. Throughout 2024:
? 38 partners joined forces with us.
? 23 projects were successfully launched, empowering local social entrepreneurs, fostering innovation and collaboration, and creating real change.
These numbers reflect more than milestones—they represent the power of collective impact and dedication to building a better world.
Thank you to each partner, team, and supporter who made this possible. We are looking forward to even more extraordinary results in the year ahead!
A Message from our CEO
Saying goodbye to 2024, Sofia reflects on the milestones achieved and the exciting opportunities ahead, focusing on the key partnerships and initiatives that empowered local social entrepreneurs and their communities.
Indeed, 2024 has been our year of a renewed sense of strength and energy and a commitment to the belief that social entrepreneurs have the potential to solve many of the challenges we face today.
2024 Through the Eyes of Social Entrepreneurs
As 2024 comes to a close, we asked social entrepreneurs from our different programs to reflect on their challenges, milestones, and moments of impact. Here’s what they shared about their journey this year.
2024 has been a breakthrough year! We’ve developed courses, activities, and events that not only inspire but also build bridges for young creators. Being one of the selected organizations in the Reach for Change incubator program has been invaluable. The support we’ve received – from strategic coaching and PR to strengthening our organization at its core – has turned our visions into reality. Through the unique network of entrepreneurs of Reach for Change, we haven’t just grown; we’ve accelerated. 2024 is just the beginning. We’re stepping into the next year with energy, ambition, and a drive to continue creating real change.
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Attending the Next in Mind incubator in 2024 with Young Happy Minds has been a wonderful journey.?The program is a testament to passion, professionalism, and thoughtful planning?and we feel?embraced by a family of like-minded individuals. Together we are so much stronger and more resilient in our mission.?
This year has been transformative for me, as I have had the incredible opportunity to learn from esteemed international organizations such as Sequa/GIZ, Bic Africa, EDI, and UNDP. The insights gained from these collaborations have not only enhanced my business acumen but also empowered me to make a meaningful impact in my community. Through our dedicated efforts, we have successfully delivered over 7,000 dignity kits to schools, universities, and IDP camps across Ethiopia. I am immensely grateful for the technical and financial support provided by Reach for Change, which has been instrumental in driving our mission forward.
Social Business Academy was a truly inspiring and memorable experience. Never would I have thought that I would be able to plan and make my own social business with knowledge only acquired in the span of a month, owing to the lessons of the project managers and speakers. It also allowed me to meet other like-minded young people - and not just from Latvia, but also Finland, therefore giving a wider perspective on the topic.
?? A Special Christmas Present Full of Inspiration ??
As the year wraps up, we want to gift you a story that warms the heart and inspires the mind. It comes from Susan Dahlbeck, a social entrepreneur from Sweden who founded the organization Healthy Women. Susan had a dream: to create safe spaces for young women to engage in fitness and community. With the Reach for Change incubator, Healthy Women grew from a local effort to a network that inspires thousands through social media and weekly training for 250+ participants.
Their story is a small reminder of what’s possible when passion meets purpose. It’s our little Christmas present to you—a moment to reflect on the difference we can make together.
Akmon Initiative for Development(AID)
2 个月For me LinkedIn in 2024 is the powerful media networked people, organizations and professionals from around the world. LinkedIn provides the platform to interact with passionate, qualified, skilled and ethical professionals from around the global. It provided the platform on which pressing health, climate change, mental health, research, poverty, disaster, education and numerous global agendas presented to donors, practitioners, human right advocates, have the power to initiate positive actions of donors, implementers and communities join to say and seek solutions. This connected UN, bilateral, regional and sectors communities. LinkedIn enabled UN human right declarations of the right to get and impart information on education, health, protection, peace and other human rights are materialized. ?Expressing emotion, voicing and getting positive feedback has the healing power for those, unable to get opportunity to voice, share their experience and get positive feedback. LinkedIn provided us the stage to benefit from the digital technology connecting the world. LinkedIn is non discriminatory and accessible integrating positive thinking; high moral and ethical values, authenticity and integrity of participants are dominant. ??